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Medical Students, Pew Find Improvement In Medical School Pharmaceutical Conflict-Of-Interest Policies, But Many Lag
Over one-fifth of U.S. medical schools improved their conflict-of-interest rules in the past year, yet dozens of others lag behind according to the 2009 American Medical Student Association (AMSA) PharmFree Scorecard, released today. The Scorecard, developed by AMSA and the Pew Prescription Project, finds that 45 of 149 medical schools now receive a grade of A or B for their policies governing pharmaceutical industry interaction with medical school faculty and students, compared with only 29 last year. However, for the second year, dozens of schools received grades of D or F and remain far behind the national leaders.

"Nature" And "Nurture" Variables Early Predictors Of AMD
Like many diseases, causes for age-related macular degeneration (AMD) can be categorized as either "nature" or "nurture". Researchers think these factors, when used in the proper model, can be strong predictors of the disease.
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Investigational Drug Shows Promise As Treatment For Overexposure To Common Cancer Chemotherapy
The emergency use of an investigational drug has yielded promising results in reducing the potentially fatal side effects of the widely used cancer chemotherapy 5-fluorouracil (5-FU), according to clinical data that will be reported June 1 at the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) in Orlando.1
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Ad Campaign In Washington, D.C., Urges President To Make HIV/AIDS A Priority Issue

The AIDS Healthcare Foundation has launched an advertisement campaign in Washington, D.C., comparing the federal government"s response to the district"s high rate of people living with HIV/AIDS to the government"s response to Hurricane Katrina, myfoxdc.com reports. The group is urging President Obama to push CDC recommendations designed to make HIV testing a routine part of health care (Parker, myfoxdc.com, 6/10). This information was reprinted from dailyreports.kff.org with kind permission from the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. You can view the entire Kaiser Daily U.S. HIV/AIDS Report, search the archives and sign up for email delivery at dailyreports.kff.org. © Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. All rights reserved.


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